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Background The xclip manual mentions use of targets: -t, -target specify a particular data format using the given target atom. With -o the special target atom name "TARGETS" can be used t...
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2022-08-02T17:26:28Z (over 2 years ago)
How to track down target atom for svg to pass to xclip
# Background The xclip manual mentions use of targets: > -t, -target > specify a particular data format using the given target atom. With -o the special target atom name > "TARGETS" can be used to get a list of valid target atoms for this selection. For more information > about target atoms refer to ICCCM section 2.6.2 But [examples](https://askubuntu.com/a/759660/1127489) show a different format from what is shown in [ICCCM section 2.6](https://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-2.html).2. # Question How do I figure out what the target atom is for an svg? Especially by using the documentation (`man xclip`). # Tried The manual mentioned: > With -o the special target atom name "TARGETS" can be used to get a > list of valid target atoms for this selection. but running: ```sh xclip -i visualization.png xclip -o -t TARGETS ``` gives: ```sh TARGETS UTF8_STRING ```